Kyung Kim shot a course record-equaling 9-under 63 Thursday to take the lead in the first round of the season-opening LPGA Thailand. The seventh-ranked South Korean started with a birdie and picked up nine more at the Siam Country Club despite damp conditions from heavy downpours earlier in the week. Kim equaled the course record shot by 2007 winner Suzann Pettersen, Stacy Prammanasudh in 2009 and defending champion Ai Miyazato. Top-ranked Yani Tseng and Juli Inkster (both 66) were three shots behind Kim.